Guitar chord · Power Chord
D5 chord (D Power Chord)
Powerful rock/metal staple consisting of root and fifth without a third.
Notes DA
Formula 1 5
Shapes 2 on this page
D5 chord shapes
Tap a diagram to strum it. Numbers are fingers: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky. Blue dots are the root, D.
STR OP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 E A D G B E
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Scales to play over D5
These scales start on D and contain every note of the chord, so they fit when D5 is the chord of the moment.
D Major D Minor D Minor Pentatonic D Major Pentatonic D Blues D Major Blues D Dorian D Phrygian D Lydian D Mixolydian D Harmonic Minor D Phrygian Dominant D Melodic Minor D Lydian Dominant D Half-Whole Diminished D Bebop Dominant D Hungarian Minor D Dorian b2 D Mixolydian b6 D Ukrainian Dorian D Lydian #2 D Harmonic Major D Lydian b3 D Double Harmonic Major D Neapolitan Minor D Neapolitan Major D Augmented D Bebop Major D Bebop Dorian D Yo D Hirajoshi D In D In Sen D Phrygian b4 D Mixolydian b2 D Lydian #2 #6 D Ultraphrygian D Lydian Dominant b6 D Hungarian Major D Tritone D Bebop Melodic Minor D Bebop Harmonic Minor D Egyptian Pentatonic
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Questions
- What notes are in a D5 chord?
- D5 is D, A: the 1, 5 of D.
- How do you play D5 on guitar?
- 6th String Root Power Chord: 10 12 12 x x x; 5th String Root Power Chord: x 5 7 7 x x (low E to high E, x = don't play the string).
- What scale goes with D5?
- Scales on D that contain every note of D5: D Major, D Minor, D Minor Pentatonic, D Major Pentatonic, D Blues, D Major Blues.
Power Chord chords in every key
More D chords
D Dm Ddim D7 Dmaj7 Dm7 Dm(maj7) Dmaj9 D9 Dm9 Dm11 D6 Dm6 Dadd9 Dsus4 Dsus2 D7sus4 D7#9 Daug Dmaj7#5 Ddim7 Dm7b5 D7b9 D13 D6/9 D11 D9sus4 Dmadd9 Dadd11 Dm6/9 D7#5 D7b5 D7#11 Dmaj13 Dm13 Dmaj11 D9#11 Dmaj9#11 Dmaj7#11 Dm9b5 D7sus4b9 Dm(maj9) D9#5 D9b5 D7b5b9 D7#5b9 D7#5#9 D7b5#9 D7b13 D13b9 D13#11 Dm7#5 Dmaj7b5 Ddim(maj7) Dmadd11